Apr 20, 2015
While the majestic bald eagle patients get the most attention, our tiniest patients are just as deserving in their own right! This male rufous hummingbird was brought in last week after being found on the ground unable to fly. He was missing all but three of his tail...
Apr 8, 2015
This male Belted Kingfisher was found on the bank of the Quinsam River by a fisherman. The bird was entangled in fishing line. He was driven to Campbell River Veterinary Hospital, where Dr. Woodward painstakingly removed the very fine mono filament from around the...
Apr 4, 2015
On Thursday, this eagle was spotted on a remote logging road by a truck driver. MARS volunteer, Laurie, drove out to pick her up. Showing symptoms of exposure to an unknown toxin, she was treated with charcoal and is being given lots of fluids to hopefully flush it...
Apr 2, 2015
We currently have three eagles in our flight pen. On the left is Noel, on the right is Lucky and in the middle is the most recent addition, Stormy. All three will need to be moved to other centres with larger flight pens for proper conditioning before release. Please...
Mar 24, 2015
This is a great article that recently ran in the Campbell River Courier-Island. Hawk provides poignant memory Ends up in garden plot of deceased patient A young Cooper’s Hawk created a poignant memory at New Horizons Care Home Saturday before finding a safe...
Jan 20, 2015
Photo by Ruth Hibberson Noel, a bald eagle brought into MARS on December 25th still struggles to overcome the bone infection in her leg. It has required several vet visits, with x-rays, and an aggressive course of treatment with different types of medications since...
Nov 24, 2014
This fall has seen several of the small owl species admitted into care. Most, like these two little Saw-whet owls, hit windows, or were clipped by cars, resulting in head trauma and some soft tissue wing injuries. Fortunately, almost all recovered and have been...
Nov 7, 2014
A short video of the eaglet named Johnnie that we released last Saturday. ← Previous Next...
Mar 21, 2013
For more rescue and release stories and videos of life at MARS, please go to our YouTube channel MARSBirds Channel Maj received a call in the evening of May 29th about an eagle tangled in kite string in a tree in Royston. The eagle was at least 40′ up and it...
Mar 21, 2013
WILD Diary: April 25, 2010 Three Raccoon young, less than two weeks old. Doing well. These patients were recently transferred to an affiliated wildlife rehab centre in Victoria where they have special facilities for handling raccoons as they grow up. It will take at...
Mar 21, 2013
The rescue and rehabilitation work at MARS is crucial for the survival of wildlife in care, but the part of the journey that all look forward to is The Release. During this Eagle Release, just after the 2011 Campbell River Bald Eagle Festival, Wildlife Centre manager,...
Jun 21, 2012
For more MARS Video Footage, visit us on YouTube MARS YouTube Channel On May 30th a bald eagle was rescued after entangling himself in kite line and ending up hanging from a tree branch over 40′ high. It took a tree climber to rescue him (Steve Harding of...
